This is Clepian Costuming
I am Lily Kalanoa, the fortunewriter, and this is my personal journal. If you care to explore, you'll find some minor ranting and musing about my life in general. You will also find fanfiction, and even a couple of original works. It is not a friends only journal, so if you feel like looking around, please be my guest!
As for me personally, I'm a 20 something college student with a passion for writing and a love of sewing. For a while now, I've wanted to start something where I could have fun, help people, and even make a little money using my skills. Recently I was able to take the time to actually do this, and on this page you will find all the information for getting your very own set of anything I can make for you.
The link above will send you to another entry where you can browse and explore what I have to offer. Prices, details, and the information I'll need are all found there. What do I offer, you ask? Everything! The simplest and easiest are straight clothing, cosplay pieces, kimono, gothic lolita. I do some accessory work such as armor or weapons, but that's all more custom. I also offer jewelry and other small metal work. Go check it out and see if I give you some ideas for what you truly want.
But wait! There's more! Anyone else hear Billy Maze? If you've been paying attention, you'll notice I used the words 'custom' and 'what YOU want'. That's right, I do custom orders! If you have an idea and you just can't sew, I can probably make it ^_^ If you're interested, you will most likely be charged the cost of materials plus $5 per piece of clothing, more if it's really complicated or difficult. Even the standard orders can be customized. Maybe you love my arm warmers, but you want a more punk feel with safety pins and patches? Or something elegant with a sheer fabric over it? Well let me know, it's almost certain I can do what you want.
Once you've looked around and found what you want, either send me a private message through Livejournal, or e-mail me directly at Lily_Kalanoa@yahoo.com Both get me the information, neither is faster than the other, but DO NOT leave your order here on a comment. I'll still get it, but I won't start work on it and I won't respond. I will answer every mail I get and work out any details I still need and the final price. Be sure to include any information I ask for on the piece as well as your shipping information. If I can, i'll start right away, but I WILL NOT ship until I receive payment. Other than that, I will do everything I can to get you the finest quality work I can and as quickly as possible.
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Gosh, what's going on right now? Well, the next convention on my list is Anime Expo. I wasn't able to make it to Fanime, which is a bummer. Hopefully I'll be able to help out at AX, though, that's always fun. I still have no idea what my cosplay ideas are for that, ugh! Life and work and everything, it makes me die *SIGH*
I honestly don't know how G-chan does it, when he gets a fever he just cuddles up in a blanket and rides out the gnarly dreams. Not me, can't do it. Now, most illnesses, I'm violently opposed to taking medication - for various reasons from building a tolerance to suppressing my natural immune system. Not fevers, I will take anything to knock that crap OUT.
I got hit and hit hard. I called in sick to work, two days in a row, and I was actually sick. Chugging nyquil knockoff and swallowing tylenol every 6 hours, I spent both days almost entirely asleep. I still have the fever, too, but it's under control now, which is good, since I'm being silly and helping at Anime Expo ^_^ Like I'd let a silly fever stop me from that, right?
Well, as some of you may know already, I struggle with depression. And lately, as in the past several months, it got really bad again. I'm back on medication now and it seems to be going well. I have almost zero free time with work now that summer's starting, lots of people come to Disney in the summer. And on top of that I'm struggling with school again, I'm pissed off at how much I'm failing, so I think I might do it this time.
Oh, I've missed reading so much! I got a membership to the library, I started reading one of my scholarly books, and I'm in the middle of "One flew over the Cuckoo's nest" right now. I haven't read at all in months, and nothing other than manga in even longer. Now, there's nothing wrong with manga, I still like reading it, but I didn't realize how much I missed just reading novels. I think that is going to help me a whole lot more than anything else.
Well, this is just a quick update, not much else to report. But I hope to be coming back and giving you more soon. I love you all! And Happy Birthday Megu! And Loki! And Mems, and Tenkuu, and everyone else I missed!
I barely have anything up right now. It will be a little bit before they are up, but if anyone has questions or requests, feel free to drop me a line.
Kimono
Ala at Anime LA
I thought I would give you all an update and proove to you all that I'm not dead. Let's see, when was the last time I posted something? (goes to look) Mid October, wow, even longer than I thought. Okay, well, first things first - to all those that were/are reading "The Importance of Being Friends" I'm very sorry. It got abandoned for reasons that will follow, and won't be picked up again for a while. I do intend to finish it, it's just gonna take time to fill in the missing parts and get it up.
( Okay, let's see, Oct )
( Nov )
( Dec )
( Jan )
( Feb )
Wow. That was a lot. Well, in any case, you can see why I've been away. I've been sick a couple times somewhere in all that mess, too. Sucks super big time. I'm not sure I'll really be back soon, either, but it does seem to be getting slowly better. I hope everyone is having some better times than I am. Bye everyone, hopefully I'll be talking to you all again soon.
As an apology for taking so long, this was going to be the main request followed by a follow-up chapter. Then I started writing and it’s…at least 4 chapters long, not totally sure yet. So anyway, it’s obvious I liked the idea ^_^ I hope you all like it, too.
Author: Lily Kalanoa
Story: The Importance of Being Friends (gods, that’s a pretty random reference)
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my laptop, which put me into significant debt. All characters and series belong to their respective creators, I just like to torture them, heh heh.
Warnings: Angst later, death but it’s all canon, spoilers for Kakashi’s past
( I haz a question )
( Here’s the story )
I've still got a couple request stories that need to be posted, but I started having some computer/internet problems. So my priority became "fix Compie". I have since completely wiped my hard drive, restoring it to factory basic settings (that means deleting EVERYTHING), deleting all the things that come from the factory that I don't want, and am now in the process of loading all my files BACK onto Compie. In any case, I'm not dead, and more stories are forthcoming. I'm also looking forward to posting Slayers fics here - now there's a fandom that is in serious need of revival.
With none of my own files on Compie, it's kind of nice to come here where my LJ settings and icons are still saved and sound ^_^
Team Distraction by Lily Kalanoa
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my laptop, which put me into significant debt. All characters and series belong to their respective creators, I just like to torture them, heh heh.
And this is the link if anyone else out there wants a request.
( Let the Distraction begin! )
Well school delays aside, life sort of intervined, but I’ve got it done now. Here’s to
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deathjunke for the great prompt. Also also! I got arts for it ^_^ It’s not Naruto, but it’s still awesome. Here if anyone wants to see it. Sorry for the wait, but I hope you’ve liked it! And at last, with this story I never gave the link for a request. Although if you make a request, you probably won’t get anything quite this epic, still. Okay, enough babbling already, on with the finale!
Approval by Lily Kalanoa
Genre: Naruto – romance/humor/drama
Rating: R
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
( Chapter 5 )
Approval by Lily Kalanoa
Genre: Naruto – romance/humor/drama
Rating: R
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
( Chapter 4 )
Okay, the logical thing would be to start at the beginning, but instead we are going to start last night. This would be the panic attack part. To start with, me and Loki went job hunting, which is all sorts of stressful anyway. And we had arguable success (read, I hate it and don't know yet if anywhere will hire me). So we go through all that and I am extremely stressed and ended up taking a nap while everyone else watched TV. When I woke up, I took my laptop and did laptop things. There was a strange sort of clicking noise, but I didn't see anything wrong. Not long after, Loki took the compie to check something and it clicked again and I asked what it was. Between the two of us looking, we notice SMOKE freaking POURING from the fan port. I started shaking and cursing and generally...even thinking about it freaks me out. So we let the compie rest for nearly 24 hours and opened it up (stressful in itself). As it turns out, Compie overheated so much that the dust around the fan started to burn. Clearly something is off with the fan, but as of right now, it's okay.
SIGH. The hectic-ness leading up to this was all cleaning and financial and school. You know, the usual complaints. We've decided to rent rooms to try and bring in extra cash. The house is officially off the market, do to lousy offers and general dissinterest, and I put up flyers yesterday. However, before we even had the flyers thought up, we got a renter in the form of Loki-kun. It's all very complicated and not for me to say, but the end result is that he's here now. All last week I was cleaning and moving into the sewing room...which is almost big enough for me, all my stuff, and all the sewing stuff. It means we can rent both of the bigger rooms, though, so I think it's worth it.
And there it is, my attack of a life. I'm still kinda worked up from it all, but there is good news, too. In the middle of writing this there was a phone call from possible renters. So, good news on that front, at least. *shiver* Well, off to back up my entire freaking hard drive now, bye >_
Approval by Lily Kalanoa
Genre: Naruto – romance/humor/drama
Rating: R eventually
Chapter 1
( Chapter 2 )
The Prompt "a kakashi/iruka with an angry/disapproving/jealous Naruto who will do just about anyting to make them stop seeing eachother -deathjunke" Naruto returns from training with Jiraiya and all he wants to do is go back to his friends and back to how things were. Unfortunately after more than a year away, not everything is how he remembers.
Genre: Naruto – romance/humor/drama
Rating: R eventually
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my laptop, which put me into significant debt. All characters and series belong to their respective creators, I just like to torture them, heh heh.
Warnings: Yaoi, Homophobia, some minor prejudice and stupidity on that level
Spoilers: There's going to be a few for events before the time skip, not many though. Mostly just what Naruto got up to, and I'm making a lot of that up.
( Chapter 1 )
Author: Lily Kalanoa
Story: Coming Home
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my laptop, which put me into significant debt. All characters and series belong to their respective creators, I just like to torture them, heh heh.
And this is the link if anyone else out there wants a request.
( Adorable stubborness follows )
Author: Lily Kalanoa
Story: Possession
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my laptop, which put me into significant debt. All characters and series belong to their respective creators, I just like to torture them, heh heh.
And this is the link if anyone else out there wants a request. I'm goin slower now, but I'm still doing them all~ ^_^
( Possession )
Observations of an Audiophile by Lily Kalanoa
Summary: Duo listens to music whenever he's on his computer, and he's always on his computer. And the little things he does are starting to drive one of the other pilots to distraction.
Genre: Gundam Wing – romance/humor
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my laptop, which put me into significant debt. All characters and series belong to their respective creators, I just like to torture them, heh heh.
Warnings: Shounen ai, uh, nothing else?
Spoilers: I don't think any for GW, but there are a few for the musical Rent.
( Audiophiles anonymous~ )
Author: Lily Kalanoa
Story: Bath Retreat
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my laptop, which put me into significant debt. All characters and series belong to their respective creators, I just like to torture them, heh heh.
And this is the link if anyone else out there wants a request.
( Bath Smexiness )
And in respect to all those that haven't seen it yet, that is all.
But yeah, anyway. The big news from AX is that Winter Demon 3 is out, really freakin awesome, and the artists were there! It's my geek out moment~ I've submitted a story to Yaoipress. Here's hoping they like it. I also applied for a job at a Japanese restaurant . . . *crosses fingers*
Because of con goodness and various *really hopes* book prospects, I've had hardley any time to work on fanfiction. Add in school and I have zero free time for anything. *sigh*
Now I have other drama, too. A friend of mine is in crisis mode major . . . did I just quote Xenon? . . . His family has problems and he can't really do anything about it. So, I kinda find myself caught in the middle. I want to help, but I'm honestly not sure how I feel about it.
On a *completely* different note - Avatar is finally starting again!! Happy dance~ My friends and I have been doing a marathon of seasons 1 and 2 and I seriously can't freakin wait...this may affect my plans for this weekend...*goes off to plan, mumbling*
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